Fisher Cats Press Release: The Fisher Cats ended the season in style, grabbing an 8-1 victory over the division winning Binghamton Mets on Monday afternoon.

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Marcus Stroman worked the first eight innings, striking out 11, walking none and allowing just two hits. The first base runner he let on was a leadoff single by league MVP Allan Dykstra to open the 5th inning, but a double play did away with him. Richard Lucas led off the 6th with a double, moved to third on a ground out, and scored on a sac fly. He gave up nothing after that, and Alan Farina came on for a scoreless 9th with two strikeouts, making 13 for the staff.

Stroman was given the lead in the 3rd inning, when Lance Zawadzki led off with a single and scored on a Jonathan Jones single. They would double that cushion in the next inning when Andy Burns singled and scored on a Ryan Schimpf single. Both RBI hits came with two outs.

In the 6th, New Hampshire got two men on with one out, and Kevin Nolan brought home Jones with a single before Schimpf hit a sac fly to bring home Adam Loewen, who had doubled. The Fisher Cats put it away with three more in the 7th, on a Burns single and a Nolan two run single before tacking on another run in the 9th on a ground out by Loewen, after Wilson walked to open the inning.

Lots of Fisher Cats enjoyed their final game of the season: Jonathan Jones was on three times, scored twice and had an RBI; Andy Burns had three singles, a run and an RBI; Kevin Nolan had three hits and three RBI; Lance Zawadzki had a pair of hits and scored both times; and Marcus Stroman struck out the side in order in the 1st, and had two each in the 2nd, 7th, and 8th innings as well.

The Fisher Cats finish the season with a record of 68-72, but .500 on the road at 35-35.